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who won the bronze medal at the European Championships 2008. He benefitted from

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's decision to turn pro. He beat Vladimir Prusa and Yousef Abdelghani before losing his semifinal 4:6 to

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. At the

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he defeated

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and

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, but lost the final to

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at Moscow, Russia after he lost to

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from Belarus in the Semifinals.

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